About Judge Amy Pellman

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Amy
M. Pellman, Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court. Judge Pellman spent five
years on the family court bench and is currently assigned to the dependency
court. An adjunct Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School since 2002, she
won the adjunct excellence in teaching award in 2005. Prior to being
appointed to the bench, Judge Pellman was the legal director for The Alliance
for Children's Rights, a non-profit organization that provides free legal
services to children in poverty. She was
the 2003 recipient of the Child Advocacy award by the American Bar Association.
She writes and speaks often on issues concerning children involved in the
dependency and family law systems. She has a B.A. in Political
Science from Mount Holyoke College, and a J.D. from the City University of New
York Law School.